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Originally written as a column for Inside Housing. A year into the Labour government how should we assess its record on housing? It’s not hard to find reasons to celebrate, from the spen…| Jules Birch
Originally written as a column for Inside Housing The last day of term is traditionally a time when nothing much happens and we get set for the holidays to come. Not so much for Angela Rayner. The …| Jules Birch
Writer and editor, mostly about housing and social policy. Blogger at Inside Housing. Ageing footballer| Jules Birch
Originally written as a column for Inside Housing. Amid the excitement of the first Labour King’s Speech in 15 years, it may seem churlish to inject a note of scepticism. The excitement lies …| Jules Birch
Originally written as a column for Inside Housing. It’s all change for housing at Westminster after a stunning election victory for Labour. More than half of the MPs who will be sworn in this week …| Jules Birch
Originally written as a column for Inside Housing. The focus of the election finally turned to housing today (Thursday) but blink and you may have missed it. The issue described as ‘the dog that ha…| Jules Birch
Originally written as a column for Inside Housing. Given a backdrop of grim economic times and successive election defeats, this was always going to be a cautious Labour manifesto. So the good news…| Jules Birch
Originally written as a column for Inside Housing. Following his surprise decision to stand down as MP, Michael Gove leaves Westminster as probably the most important politician for housing in the …| Jules Birch
Originally written as a column for Inside Housing The economic inheritance of the next government will be so dire that it’s hard to avoid thinking that the prospects for housing investment will be …| Jules Birch
Originally written as a column for Inside Housing. Everything everywhere all at once’ is how Michael Gove describes the welter of proposals on housing announced this week and under consideration fo…| Jules Birch
Originally published as a column for Inside Housing. There is no chance of the government achieving its target of 300,000 new homes by the mid-2020s so why has the drama ramped up within the Conser…| Jules Birch
Originally written as a column for Inside Housing. Where to start with the government’s new ‘long-term plan for housing’ presented by Rishi Sunak. If the opinion polls and by-election results are a…| Jules Birch